February 19, 2012

Dawn Treader Suite

Today while reading a bit of Sleuthing C.S. Lewis: more Light in the shadowlandsby Kathryn Ann Lindskoog I found the following excerpt:

Apparently the name of the project was changed to The Sunrise Path, all the song titles were changed and the cassette was still released. Altogether it was fourteen pieces, an hour long composed by Stanley and Angelee Anderson. Not sure of the year, but it seems to be mid to early 90's.

Update: I was reluctant to tell you (because I don't want to spoil the magical quality I'm trying to project onto this situation) that I believe the synthesizer used on the Dawn Treader Suite was the spiritless Korg 01/W. I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you, but I feel it is my duty to keep you informed in these matters. Lord knows there aren't any other blogs these days that care to inform the public about the apparent correlations between vintage synthesizers and the imagined realms of C.S. Lewis.

This blog is about early electronic music instruments from the 50's, 60's, and 70's (pre-MIDI instruments that deal in wholesome CV and Gate signals). It's also about my experience with Quakerism, my fondness for C.S. Lewis, The Epcot Center, my puppetry, eggnog, oatmeal flavored soap, Christmas etc, etc. Herein I will try to connect the real or imagined dots between them. Bits of comedy throughout.

I'm a member of The Fifteenth Street Monthly Meeting of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and the Puppeteers of America organization. Occasionally I attend the New York C.S. Lewis Society Meetings.

Join me as we apply the Quaker concepts of plainness and simplicity to the creation of electronic music.